For those who use Tylenol for teething

How often do you use it? LO seems to have some bad pain. I'm tempted to just give it to him every night, and if he wakes up in the MOTN with pain, I do. Is this too much? I feel like I have gone through so much tylenol and ibuprofen due to teething and a bad infection he had last week that gave him a fever. I just worry I'm over-doing it. What do you think?

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I have been giving it to her every night because she has four teeth coming in and they were clearly bothering her and making it hard for her to fall asleep. I don't give it to her in the motn and I'm hoping in the next few days she won't need it anymore for a while. I hate giving her anything.

I wondered about that too, because I know it can damage things. My mom has ulcers and used to take Motrin all the time. I've reduced my intake of Motrin .

I asked my son's pediatrician what she thought and that I've heard from a lot of people that it could be bad for the baby's liver. Her response, "those people have too much time on their hands." LOL! I guess she thinks that they have so much time on their hands, they come up with things to say about everything. She said, if you can tell he is in pain, give him the appropriate dose.

I'm not a doctor or a nurse, but these are my personal thoughts on the matter. The dosage of baby medicine is formulated for babies, so I'm not worried about causing damage to LO's system with occasional use for teething or other issues.

Even for adults, you need to regularly (over a long period of time) use a medication or take an obscenely large dose for it to damage your liver or hurt your stomach lining.

I give ibuprofen because I think it's more effective than tylenol. That's based upon my own use of the medication. Tylenol literally does nothing for me, unless I have a fever. Ibuprofen is much better at relieving pain and inflammation, so that's my (and thus LO's) go-to drug for pain.

I don't like to give Carter ibuprofen every day, but we're not in the worst part of teething yet. Carter is just starting the "drooling and chewing on my fingers" phase, so he gets ibuprofen when he's crying inconsolably despite all of my attempts to soothe him.

I give it when she cries or seems in pain. Mil is a doctor ( a really good one) and said that is ok to give it as long as we dont exceed the dose. And yes tylenol is processed by the liver, but the it affects mostly adults because of alcohol consumption too. Honestly, it really helps A loy when she is in pain.